Code | Description | Comment | Version |
ACDA | ACD Solution A | Yellow top tube | added v2.5 |
ACDB | ACD Solution B | Yellow top tube | added v2.5 |
ACET | Acetic Acid | Urine preservative | added v2.5 |
AMIES | Amies transport medium | Protozoa | added v2.5 |
BACTM | Bacterial Transport medium | Microbiological culture | added v2.5 |
BF10 | Buffered 10% formalin | Tissue | added v2.5 |
BOR | Borate Boric Acid | 24HR Urine Additive | added v2.4 |
BOUIN | Bouin's solution | Tissue | added v2.5 |
BSKM | Buffered skim milk | Viral isolation | added v2.5 |
C32 | 3.2% Citrate | Blue top tube | added v2.4 |
C38 | 3.8% Citrate | Blue top tube | added v2.4 |
CARS | Carson's Modified 10% formalin | Tissue | added v2.5 |
CARY | Cary Blair Medium | Stool Cultures | added v2.5 |
CHLTM | Chlamydia transport medium | Chlamydia culture | added v2.5 |
CTAD | CTAD (this should be spelled out if not universally understood) | Blue top tube | added v2.5 |
EDTK | Potassium/K EDTA | Deprecated. Replaced by EDTK15 and EDTK75 | added v2.4 |
EDTK15 | Potassium/K EDTA 15% | Purple top tube | added v2.5 |
EDTK75 | Potassium/K EDTA 7.5% | Purple top tube | added v2.5 |
EDTN | Sodium/Na EDTA | Dark Blue top tube | added v2.4 |
ENT | Enteric bacteria transport medium | Bacterial culture | added v2.5 |
ENT+ | Enteric plus | Stool Cultures | added v2.5 |
F10 | 10% Formalin | Tissue preservative | added v2.5 |
FDP | Thrombin NIH; soybean trypsin inhibitor (Fibrin Degradation Products) | Dark Blue top tube | added v2.5 |
FL10 | Sodium Fluoride, 10mg | Urine | added v2.5 |
FL100 | Sodium Fluoride, 100mg | Urine | added v2.5 |
HCL6 | 6N HCL | 24 HR Urine Additive | added v2.4 |
HEPA | Ammonium heparin | Green top tube | added v2.5 |
HEPL | Lithium/Li Heparin | Green top tube | added v2.4 |
HEPN | Sodium/Na Heparin | Green top tube | added v2.4 |
HNO3 | Nitric Acid | Urine | added v2.5 |
JKM | Jones Kendrick Medium | Bordetella pertussis | added v2.5 |
KARN | Karnovsky's fixative | Tissue | added v2.5 |
KOX | Potassium Oxalate | Gray top tube | added v2.5 |
LIA | Lithium iodoacetate | Gray top tube | added v2.5 |
M4 | M4 | Microbiological culture | added v2.5 |
M4RT | M4-RT | Microbiological culture | added v2.5 |
M5 | M5 | Microbiological culture | added v2.5 |
MICHTM | Michel's transport medium | IF tests | added v2.5 |
MMDTM | MMD transport medium | Immunofluorescence | added v2.5 |
NAF | Sodium Fluoride | Gray top tube | added v2.5 |
NAPS | Sodium polyanethol sulfonate 0.35% in 0.85% sodium chloride | Yellow (Blood Culture) | added v2.5 |
NONE | None | Red or Pink top tube | added v2.5 |
PAGE | Pages's Saline | Acanthaoemba | added v2.5 |
PHENOL | Phenol | 24 Hr Urine Additive | added v2.5 |
PVA | PVA (polyvinylalcohol) | O&P | added v2.5 |
RLM | Reagan Lowe Medium | Bordetella pertussis cultures | added v2.5 |
SILICA | Siliceous earth, 12 mg | Gray top tube | added v2.5 |
SPS | SPS(this should be spelled out if not universally understood) | Anticoagulant w/o bacteriocidal properties | added v2.5 |
SST | Serum Separator Tube (Polymer Gel) | 'Tiger' Top tube | added v2.5 |
STUTM | Stuart transport medium | Bacterial culture | added v2.5 |
THROM | Thrombin | Orange or Grey/Yellow (STAT Chem) | added v2.5 |
THYMOL | Thymol | 24 Hr Urine Additive | added v2.5 |
THYO | Thyoglycollate broth | Bacterial Isolation | added v2.5 |
TOLU | Toluene | 24 Hr Urine Additive | added v2.5 |
URETM | Ureaplasma transport medium | Ureaplasma culture | added v2.5 |
VIRTM | Viral Transport medium | Virus cultures | added v2.5 |
WEST | Buffered Citrate (Westergren Sedimentation Rate) | Black top tube | added v2.5 |